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Dopamine modulates processing speed in the human mesolimbic system.

Cindy Eckart¹, Nico Bunzeck¹

¹Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.

|November 13, 2012

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Dopamine, not acetylcholine, speeds up novelty processing in the medial temporal lobe. Neurotransmitter balance influences brain region involvement in novelty detection.

Keywords:

Acetylcholine Dopamine Magnetoencephalography Novelty

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Cognitive Science
Psychopharmacology

Background:

Neural activity in mesolimbic regions correlates with stimulus novelty.
The precise role of neurotransmitters in novelty processing is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the mechanistic role of neurotransmitters in novelty processing.
To determine how dopaminergic and cholinergic systems affect the temporal dynamics of novelty detection.

Main Methods:

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) was used in healthy human participants.
Psychopharmacological stimulation with levodopa (dopaminergic) and galantamine (cholinergic) was administered.

Main Results:

Enhanced dopaminergic neurotransmission (levodopa) accelerated novelty signals in the medial temporal lobe (MTL) from ~300ms to <100ms.
Cholinergic stimulation (galantamine) shifted neural substrates from MTL to prefrontal regions.
Dopamine causally regulates the processing speed of novelty-sensitive MTL neurons.

Conclusions:

Neuronal dynamics of novelty processing are temporally adaptive and flexible.
The balance between dopamine and acetylcholine levels mediates the involvement of MTL and prefrontal cortex in novelty processing.